NUR 317 EXAM 1 REVIEW QUESTIONS 2026/2027 – STUDY GUIDE,
PRACTICE QUESTIONS & EXAM REVIEW
D - Correct answer ✔✔ The nurse, preparing to discharge an 81-year-old client from the
hospital, recognizes that the majority of older adults:
A. Require institutional care
B. Have no social or family support
C. Are unable to afford any medical treatment
D. Are capable of taking charge of their own lives
D - Correct answer ✔✔ Of the following options, which is the greatest barrier to providing
quality health care to the older-adult client?
A. Poor client compliance resulting from generalized diminished capacity
B. Inadequate health insurance coverage for the group as a whole
C. Insufficient research to provide a basis for effective geriatric health care
D. Preconceived assumptions regarding the lifestyles and attitudes of this group
D - Correct answer ✔✔ The nurse defines ageism most accurately as:
,A. The undervaluing of individuals based on their age.
B. Perception of a person's worth based on productivity
C. Biases directed towards individuals considered aged
D. Discrimination based on an individual's increasing age
B - Correct answer ✔✔ A nurse prefers to use an alcohol-based hand rub when providing care
for patients. In which case is this practice contraindicated?
a) The nurse performs routine care and is moving to another patient.
b) The nurse is caring for a client with a C. difficile infection.
c) The nurse finishes patient care and hands are not visibly soiled.
d) The nurse finishes cleaning a patient's table.
B - Correct answer ✔✔ The nurse is caring for a client who has active tuberculosis (TB) and is in
Airborne Precautions. The primary care provider orders a computed tomography (CT)
examination of the chest. Which of the following actions by the nurse is appropriate?
a) Question the need for the examination because the client must remain in Airborne
Precautions.
b) Place a surgical mask on the client and transport to the CT department at the specified time.
,c) Notify the CT department in advance so other clients and staff can be removed from the area.
d) Request that the examination be done at the bedside.
B - Correct answer ✔✔ A nurse who is taking the vital signs of a client with acute diarrhea is
ordered to attend to another client. What is the highest priority nursing action the nurse must
perform before leaving the client's room?
a) removing personal protective equipment that is most contaminated first
b) thorough handwashing
c) spraying of disinfectant
d) placing one bag of contaminated items within another
C - Correct answer ✔✔ The nurse is preparing to don a gown to care for a client requiring
contact precautions. When should the nurse don the gown?
a) Before taking the client's pulse
b) After entering the client's room
c) Before entering the client's room
d) After taking the client's pulse
, B - Correct answer ✔✔ The nurses on a busy surgical ward use hand hygiene when caring for
postsurgical patients. Which action represents the appropriate use of hand hygiene?
a) The nurse uses hand hygiene instead of gloves when in contact with blood.
b) The nurse keeps fingernails less than ¼ inch long.
c) The nurse refrains from using hand moisturizer following hand hygiene.
d) The nurse uses gloves in place of hand hygiene.
D - Correct answer ✔✔ A woman tests positive for the human immunodeficiency virus antibody
but has no symptoms. She is considered a carrier. What component of the infection cycle does
the woman illustrate?
a) An infectious agent
b) A portal of exit
c) A portal of entry
d) A reservoir
C - Correct answer ✔✔ The nurse has completed an intervention with a client. There is no
visible soiling on the nurse's hands. Which technique is recommended by the Centers for
Disease Control (CDC) for hand hygiene?
a) Do not wash hands; apply clean gloves.
PRACTICE QUESTIONS & EXAM REVIEW
D - Correct answer ✔✔ The nurse, preparing to discharge an 81-year-old client from the
hospital, recognizes that the majority of older adults:
A. Require institutional care
B. Have no social or family support
C. Are unable to afford any medical treatment
D. Are capable of taking charge of their own lives
D - Correct answer ✔✔ Of the following options, which is the greatest barrier to providing
quality health care to the older-adult client?
A. Poor client compliance resulting from generalized diminished capacity
B. Inadequate health insurance coverage for the group as a whole
C. Insufficient research to provide a basis for effective geriatric health care
D. Preconceived assumptions regarding the lifestyles and attitudes of this group
D - Correct answer ✔✔ The nurse defines ageism most accurately as:
,A. The undervaluing of individuals based on their age.
B. Perception of a person's worth based on productivity
C. Biases directed towards individuals considered aged
D. Discrimination based on an individual's increasing age
B - Correct answer ✔✔ A nurse prefers to use an alcohol-based hand rub when providing care
for patients. In which case is this practice contraindicated?
a) The nurse performs routine care and is moving to another patient.
b) The nurse is caring for a client with a C. difficile infection.
c) The nurse finishes patient care and hands are not visibly soiled.
d) The nurse finishes cleaning a patient's table.
B - Correct answer ✔✔ The nurse is caring for a client who has active tuberculosis (TB) and is in
Airborne Precautions. The primary care provider orders a computed tomography (CT)
examination of the chest. Which of the following actions by the nurse is appropriate?
a) Question the need for the examination because the client must remain in Airborne
Precautions.
b) Place a surgical mask on the client and transport to the CT department at the specified time.
,c) Notify the CT department in advance so other clients and staff can be removed from the area.
d) Request that the examination be done at the bedside.
B - Correct answer ✔✔ A nurse who is taking the vital signs of a client with acute diarrhea is
ordered to attend to another client. What is the highest priority nursing action the nurse must
perform before leaving the client's room?
a) removing personal protective equipment that is most contaminated first
b) thorough handwashing
c) spraying of disinfectant
d) placing one bag of contaminated items within another
C - Correct answer ✔✔ The nurse is preparing to don a gown to care for a client requiring
contact precautions. When should the nurse don the gown?
a) Before taking the client's pulse
b) After entering the client's room
c) Before entering the client's room
d) After taking the client's pulse
, B - Correct answer ✔✔ The nurses on a busy surgical ward use hand hygiene when caring for
postsurgical patients. Which action represents the appropriate use of hand hygiene?
a) The nurse uses hand hygiene instead of gloves when in contact with blood.
b) The nurse keeps fingernails less than ¼ inch long.
c) The nurse refrains from using hand moisturizer following hand hygiene.
d) The nurse uses gloves in place of hand hygiene.
D - Correct answer ✔✔ A woman tests positive for the human immunodeficiency virus antibody
but has no symptoms. She is considered a carrier. What component of the infection cycle does
the woman illustrate?
a) An infectious agent
b) A portal of exit
c) A portal of entry
d) A reservoir
C - Correct answer ✔✔ The nurse has completed an intervention with a client. There is no
visible soiling on the nurse's hands. Which technique is recommended by the Centers for
Disease Control (CDC) for hand hygiene?
a) Do not wash hands; apply clean gloves.
